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• Chris Eubank 'gets in on the joke' by recording a spoof trailer to promote youth hosteling

  19-08-2015 23:53
  
  Two decades after “Youth Hosteling with Chris Eubank” was first pitched as an idea for a TV show by the fictional broadcaster Alan Partridge, the former boxer has got “in on the joke” by recording a spoof trailer to promote a hostel company.
  
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• Celtic deserved more, says Deila

  19-08-2015 23:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Manager Ronny Deila says Celtic deserved more than a 3-2 home win over Malmo in their Champions League play-off first leg.
  
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• BBC presenter Victoria Derbyshire reveals she has breast cancer

  19-08-2015 23:46
  
  BBC broadcaster Victoria Derbyshire has revealed she has been diagnosed with breast cancer.
  
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• Woman dies after falling from bus

  19-08-2015 23:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A 77-year-old woman dies after falling and hitting her head on a bus in west London.
  
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• Could the golden age of arcade gaming ever be revived in the era of the Xbox?

  19-08-2015 23:38
  
  The premise of Pixels, the Adam Sandler family-friendly flick clogging up cinema screens across the country this summer is that arcade games have sparked an intergalactic war. Having misinterpreted footage of Pac-Man, Donkey Kong and co as a military threat, aliens hit back at Earth with killer versions of the 1980s arcade heroes. Who can save the day against a scaled-up swarm of Space Invaders? A crack team of former arcade button-bashers.
  
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• Rooney insists 'the goals will come'

  19-08-2015 23:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Manchester United's Wayne Rooney says the "goals will come" after facing criticism for his performances so far this season.
  
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• Britain's Spending Secrets, TV review: Anne Robinson makes no apologies - she works at what she does well and her staff do the rest

  19-08-2015 23:30
  Britain’s Spending Secrets showed with excruciating clarity why most people steer clear of talking about money: whichever end of the wealth spectrum you're at, discussing what you do with cash will make you sound like a grade-A knob - particularly if editors lend a hand.
  
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• National Zoo workers say there might be a baby panda on the way

  19-08-2015 23:29
  
  National Zoo veterinarians announced on Wednesday that they have spotted a developing fetus inside Mei Xiang, a giant female panda.
  
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• Screens used to stop motorists peering into crash sites deployed just 77 times in recent years - despite £2.2m being spent on them

  19-08-2015 23:25
  Screens used to stop motorists peering into crash sites have been deployed just 77 times on busy roads in recent years - despite Highways England spending £2.2m on thousands of the fences.
  
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• Man charged with firearm offence

  19-08-2015 23:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A 53-year-old man arrested in connection with the murder of former IRA member Kevin McGuigan is charged with possessing a firearm with intent to endanger life.
  
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• British Boy Who Drowned In Spanish Pool Named

  19-08-2015 23:17
  
  A four-year-old British boy who drowned in a swimming pool at a Spanish holiday resort has been named. Refoel Berkovits, from Golders Green, north London, died at around 9pm local time (8pm BST) on Sunday at a house in Mijas on the Costa del Sol. His parents - business owners David Berkovits and his wife Dena - were reportedly having dinner with around 20 guests when a 15-year-old boy sounded the alarm.
  
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• Edinburgh Fringe 2015: The 'tampon tax' has inspired a new wave of female comedians to reclaim period jokes

  19-08-2015 23:00
  It is just before midday in Edinburgh and Bridget Christie is waving a pair of bloodstained knickers around her head, to the general delight of a sold-out crowd at The Stand.
  
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• Horse dies after 'sexual assault'

  19-08-2015 22:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police are investigating after a horse was stabbed and sexually assaulted in Aberdeenshire.
  
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• Two freed after armed siege in city

  19-08-2015 22:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Two women are freed and a man arrested following an armed siege in Birmingham.
  
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• The best music for surgery - and who should be allowed to choose it

  19-08-2015 22:30
  
  You're a surgeon with one of the most sought-after jobs in surgery: a sports specialist with America's best-known basketball players on your books, including LeBron James and half of the Mets. These are powerful men with pay packets that make most Premier League football teams look like the Little League, and they've entrusted the future of their career to you. You're fresh, alert and pumped, ready to repair that cruciate ligament to face hundreds more tackles. What music do you crank up as you'
  
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• Chilcot inquiry: War and Peace was finished in less time than it's taken to publish report into Iraq war

  19-08-2015 22:17
  
  The fact that the Chilcot report is taking so long may be a sign that, when it comes, it will be worth reading.
  
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• Chilcot inquiry: Leading figures in British political Establishment accused of plotting to discredit investigation into Iraq war

  19-08-2015 22:14
  Leading figures in the British political Establishment are behind a plot to discredit the Chilcot inquiry by portraying the panel members as “bumbling incompetents” who cannot deliver their report on time, it has been claimed.
  
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• Tunisia shooting: One dead after two men on a motorcycle open fire on three police officers in Sousse

  19-08-2015 22:09
  
  Officials on the outskirts of the coastal Tunisian city of Sousse have launched a major search operation, after two men on a motorcyle armed with a rifle opened fire on three policemen, killing one.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn: Joining a shrewd operator desperate for power as he visits the North East

  19-08-2015 22:06
  
  If you wanted to make a convincing case to renationalise the railways the 11am Virgin Train service from London to Newcastle would not be a bad place to start.
  
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• Corbyn quizzed over banned activist

  19-08-2015 22:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Labour leadership contender Jeremy Corbyn faces questions over an encounter with controversial pro-Palestinian activist Dyab Abou Jahjah, who is banned from the UK.
  
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• Stress hormone saliva tests reveal brain volume link

  19-08-2015 22:00
  
  Saliva tests may help to identify people at risk of thinking and memory problems, research suggests.
  
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• Great British Bake Off 2015: Dorret Conway leaves tent - not that many were surprised

  19-08-2015 22:00
  
  Dorret Conway has become the third contestant to leave the baking tent after failing to impress the judges with her bread sculpture based on Tracey Emin’s famous bed.
  
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• Dorret Conway vows to keep on baking despite GBBO exit

  19-08-2015 22:00
  
  Dorret Conway has vowed to keep baking, despite becoming the third contestant to exit the Great British Bake Off.
  
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• Suspected Ebola patient rushed to New York hospital visit to West Africa

  19-08-2015 21:34
  
  A suspected Ebola patient has been taken to hospital in New York City after a visit to West Africa.
  
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• Suspected Ebola patient rushed to New York hospital after visit to West Africa

  19-08-2015 21:34
  
  A suspected Ebola patient has been taken to hospital in New York City after a visit to West Africa.
  
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• Jared Fogle pleads guilty to sex with two minors and child pornography charges

  19-08-2015 21:28
  
  Federal officials announced on Wednesday that ex-Subway spokesman Jared Fogle has agreed to accept a plea deal for having sex with minors and obtaining child pornography.
  
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• Berlusconi's world of sleaze: The astonishing lifestyle that brought down Italy's former PM

  19-08-2015 21:20
  
  On the night of 27 May 2010, a 17-year-old exotic nightclub dancer, nome d'arte Ruby the Heart Stealer, left police custody in Milan after the then prime minister Silvio Berlusconi had called surprised officials to say that Ruby, née Karima El Mahroug, should be released because she was none other than the granddaughter of the Egyptian president. "If she's the granddaughter of Mubarak, then I'm Queen Nefertiti," scoffed Milan's juvenile-crime magistrate Annamaria Fiorillo.
  
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• Berlusconi's world of sleaze: The astonishing lifestyle once enjoyed by Italy's former PM

  19-08-2015 21:20
  
  On the night of 27 May 2010, a 17-year-old exotic nightclub dancer, nome d'arte Ruby the Heart Stealer, left police custody in Milan after the then prime minister Silvio Berlusconi had called surprised officials to say that Ruby, née Karima El Mahroug, should be released because she was none other than the granddaughter of the Egyptian president. "If she's the granddaughter of Mubarak, then I'm Queen Nefertiti," scoffed Milan's juvenile-crime magistrate Annamaria Fiorillo.
  
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• Avon and Somerset Police chief Nick Gargan asked to resign over misconduct

  19-08-2015 21:18
  
  A chief constable who used his police-issued iPhone to store intimate images has been asked to resign by his force's police and crime commissioner.
  
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• The Silence of the Lambs house where Buffalo Bill lived is up for sale

  19-08-2015 21:11
  
  Horror film fans with deep pockets and strong stomachs can now buy a house inhabited by a serial killer featured in The Silence of the Lambs.
  
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• Bangkok bombing: City prays for justice for the 20 killed in terror attack on Erawan Shrine

  19-08-2015 21:07
  
  As night fell, the woman paused in prayer at the Erawan Shrine, her hands clasped and eyes closed, standing by a table covered with floral garlands. The mood was sombre at the popular Bangkok attraction, as visitors wandered quietly around, their low chatter interspersed with the loud sounds of nearby traffic – and of workers drilling and cutting into concrete slabs.
  
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• Nick Gargan: Chief constable who kept intimate phone images told to quit

  19-08-2015 21:06
  
  A police chief constable found guilty of a string of misconduct charges, including storing intimate images on his police mobile phone, has been ordered to quit.
  
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• BBC's Derbyshire diagnosed with cancer

  19-08-2015 21:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The BBC journalist and presenter Victoria Derbyshire reveals she has been diagnosed with breast cancer.
  
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• Protesters gather in St Louis after police shoot and kill black suspect

  19-08-2015 20:50
  
  Protesters have gathered in a St Louis suburb after police shot and killed a local resident.
  
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• Migrant workers' strike to show their contribution to UK economy could be cancelled as alternative protests are debated

  19-08-2015 20:49
  An unofficial strike by migrant workers to show their contribution to Britain looks set to be a damp squib after being condemned as “irresponsible”, but a rival mass blood-giving protest could be more successful.
  
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• Corbyn Admits Meeting Banned Extremist

  19-08-2015 20:36
  
  Labour leadership frontrunner Jeremy Corbyn has admitted meeting an extremist who once proclaimed "every dead American, British and Dutch soldier a victory". Mr Corbyn had declared he did not know who Lebanese man Dyab Abou Jahjah was, also denying claims of anti-Semitism. This was shortly before Mr Jahjah was banned from re-entering Britain by then Home Secretary Jacqui Smith.
  
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• Record attacks on people from alternative sub-cultures as hate crimes, says mother of attack victim Sophie Lancaster

  19-08-2015 20:30
  
  The mother of a young woman who was murdered for being a goth is calling on police forces to start recording attacks on people from alternative sub‑cultures as hate crimes.
  
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• Ma'a Nonu: The All Black happy putting his body on the line - especially when there's a World Cup at stake

  19-08-2015 20:26
  For such a menacing-looking figure on the turf, Ma’a Nonu is surprisingly softly spoken in conversation. The All Black’s dulcet tones, however, cannot hide a steely determination, albeit one that has been tested down the years. Over pre-breakfast tea at his seaside Wellington local he explains that the effort and pain take a toll, but it is worth it with a World Cup looming.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn tells Labour MPs: if you don't back me, the grassroots will rise up

  19-08-2015 20:16
  
  Jeremy Corbyn issues a stark warning today to Labour MPs that he expects them to back his radical agenda to reshape the party or face organised revolts by his army of grass-roots supporters.
  
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• August Tube strike: Passengers left in the lurch as 'painfully slow' talks over night train service continue

  19-08-2015 20:15
  
  With less than a week to go until Tube workers are expected to take part in two 24-hour strikes, millions of passengers still do not know whether the action will go ahead.
  
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• Why you've got Friday (and Monday) on your mind

  19-08-2015 20:00
  
  Forgetting what day of the week it is may be the result of associating Monday with misery and Friday with fun, say psychologists.
  
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• Driver caught doing 157mph on A road

  19-08-2015 19:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A man is banned from driving after being caught travelling at 157mph on a dual carriageway.
  
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• Exhibition of cartoons depicting Prophet Mohamed cancelled amid security fears

  19-08-2015 19:54
  
  An exhibition of cartoons of the Prophet Mohamed in London has been cancelled after its organiser, a former Ukip candidate who runs Sharia Watch UK, decided it was too dangerous.
  
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• Ukraine crisis: Soldiers accuse commanders of lying as both warring sides make repeated claims of victories and broken ceasefires

  19-08-2015 19:53
  Rebels and government soldiers in Ukraine have both accused their respective commanders of lying about one of the most significant battles to erupt on the front line in months.
  
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• Man appears in court on Syria-related terrorism charge

  19-08-2015 19:52
  
  A 29-year-old man has appeared in court charged with preparation of terrorist acts in connection with the Syrian conflict.
  
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• Magaluf fall teenager's mother urges police help as inquest adjourned

  19-08-2015 19:52
  
  The mother of a teenager who died after falling from the ninth floor of a Spanish hotel said she is relying on British police to investigate after a coroner said he did not have enough evidence to hold an inquest which would answer the family's concerns.
  
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• FTSE falls to lowest level since January amid fears over China and US

  19-08-2015 19:52
  
  World markets slumped with the FTSE 100 Index seeing more than £30 billion wiped off its value in its biggest one-day fall since the height of the Greek debt crisis.
  
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• Hawking's speech tech released

  19-08-2015 19:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Software that helps Prof Stephen Hawking to speak via a computer has been published online by Intel, the company that created it.
  
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• Creepy or touching? Photoshopped image of Princess Diana, the Duchess of Cambridge and Princess Charlotte divides the internet

  19-08-2015 19:34
  A photoshopped picture of Diana, Princess of Wales cooing over Princess Charlotte is creeping people out.
  
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• Eston Kohver: Estonian policeman jailed for spying by Russia amid claims he 'was abducted over the border'

  19-08-2015 19:33
  
  An Estonian anti-smuggling border policeman has been jailed for 15 years in Russia, amid an international outcry, for spying.
  
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